Characters: Story-teller Cinderella Step-mother Two sisters Fairy Prince King Queen Page Messenger Lords and Ladies Chorus. Story-teller: Once upon a time there lived a little girl called Cinderella. Her mother died. Her father married another woman. And now Cinderella lives with her stepmother and her ugly stepsisters who don’t love her at all. They dress her in rags and make her work as a kitchen-maid. Scene 1 Setting: A room in the house. Cinderella: Oh, I’m so tired! I’ll go and have a little rest. Stepmother (to her daughters): Where’s Cinderella? I don’t see her. I wonder what she is doing (she sees Cinderella sitting down). Cinderella, what are you doing here? Cinderella: I was only having a little rest. Stepmother: A rest indeed! What do you think I feed and clothe you for? Just to rest? Now get on with your work and don’t dare to rest! (Cinderella begins sweeping again). The first sister: Look, mother, I’ve finished my necklace. Stepmother: Oh, it’s beautiful! The second sister: And look, mother, I’ve finished my handkerchief. Stepmother: It’s lovely! What clever daughters. The first sister: Cinderella! I feel so cold. Bring some more coal! The second sister: Hurry up! The fire is nearly out! (Cinderella comes in carrying a heavy bucket. She begins to put the coal into the fire) The first sister: That’s enough! Now go and get my woolly slippers. Go on. Be quick! (Cinderella goes out and returns with the slippers) Well, put them on, stupid! Don’t stand there, holding them! The second sister: Get me a shawl, Cinderella! I feel cold! (Cinderella goes out and returns with a shawl). Put it round my shoulders. Stepmother: Now go away and get on with your scrubbing! Chorus: (while Cinderella works) Oh, dear, poor Cinderella! Oh, dear, poor Cinderella! Working always all the day! She used to wear dresses so dainty and sweet But now she wears rags and no shoes on her feet, She used to be happy – as happy could be But now she’s sad, as you can see. Story-teller: Now in a town, not far away, was the palace where lived the King, the Queen and their only son. One day the King decided to give a grand ball. All the lords and ladies were invited to the ball so that the prince could choose of the ladies to be his wife. Cinderella’s stepmother was one of the first to hear about the ball. Step-mother: Daughters, come here. I have such wonderful news! The first sister: What is it, mother? Step-mother: The King is giving a ball. Sisters (together): A ball? Step-mother: Yes, all the ladies in the land are invited. The second sister: Oh, mother, shall we be invited? Stepmother: Yes, we shall. Cinderella (coming in): Shell I be invited too? Sisters: Listen to Cinderella! Cinderella (tearfully): Well, stepmother said all the ladies in the land are invited. Step-mother: The ladies, stupid, not kitchen-maids! And you have no right to listen to anything I say. (She leads away her daughters). Come, daughters, we’ll go and talk somewhere else (They go out). Story-teller: A few days later the King’s messengers set out with the invitations to the ball. Messenger (handing Cinderella the invitation): Give this to your mistress! (Goes away). Step-mother (coming in): Give it to me. It’s the invitation to the ball. Daughters. (they run to her) Look! The invitation to the ball! Sisters (together): Open it, mother! Read it, mother, quickly! Step-mother (opening invitation and reading): “The King invites you to a ball, where his sin, the Prince, will choose a lady to be his wife”. The first sister: “…will choose a lady to be his wife!” Oh, mother, will he choose me?
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ВідповістиВидалитиStory-teller
Cinderella
Step-mother
Two sisters
Fairy
Prince
King
Queen
Page
Messenger
Lords and Ladies
Chorus.
Story-teller: Once upon a time there lived a little girl called Cinderella. Her mother died. Her father married another woman. And now Cinderella lives with her stepmother and her ugly stepsisters who don’t love her at all. They dress her in rags and make her work as a kitchen-maid.
Scene 1
Setting: A room in the house.
Cinderella: Oh, I’m so tired! I’ll go and have a little rest.
Stepmother (to her daughters): Where’s Cinderella? I don’t see her. I wonder what she is doing (she sees Cinderella sitting down). Cinderella, what are you doing here?
Cinderella: I was only having a little rest.
Stepmother: A rest indeed! What do you think I feed and clothe you for? Just to rest? Now get on with your work and don’t dare to rest!
(Cinderella begins sweeping again).
The first sister: Look, mother, I’ve finished my necklace.
Stepmother: Oh, it’s beautiful!
The second sister: And look, mother, I’ve finished my handkerchief.
Stepmother: It’s lovely! What clever daughters.
The first sister: Cinderella! I feel so cold. Bring some more coal!
The second sister: Hurry up! The fire is nearly out!
(Cinderella comes in carrying a heavy bucket. She begins to put the coal into the fire)
The first sister: That’s enough! Now go and get my woolly slippers. Go on. Be quick!
(Cinderella goes out and returns with the slippers)
Well, put them on, stupid! Don’t stand there, holding them!
The second sister: Get me a shawl, Cinderella! I feel cold! (Cinderella goes out and returns with a shawl). Put it round my shoulders.
Stepmother: Now go away and get on with your scrubbing!
Chorus: (while Cinderella works)
Oh, dear, poor Cinderella!
Oh, dear, poor Cinderella!
Working always all the day!
She used to wear dresses so dainty and sweet
But now she wears rags and no shoes on her feet,
She used to be happy – as happy could be
But now she’s sad, as you can see.
Story-teller: Now in a town, not far away, was the palace where lived the King, the Queen and their only son. One day the King decided to give a grand ball. All the lords and ladies were invited to the ball so that the prince could choose of the ladies to be his wife. Cinderella’s stepmother was one of the first to hear about the ball.
Step-mother: Daughters, come here. I have such wonderful news!
The first sister: What is it, mother?
Step-mother: The King is giving a ball.
Sisters (together): A ball?
Step-mother: Yes, all the ladies in the land are invited.
The second sister: Oh, mother, shall we be invited?
Stepmother: Yes, we shall.
Cinderella (coming in): Shell I be invited too?
Sisters: Listen to Cinderella!
Cinderella (tearfully): Well, stepmother said all the ladies in the land are invited.
Step-mother: The ladies, stupid, not kitchen-maids! And you have no right to listen to anything I say. (She leads away her daughters). Come, daughters, we’ll go and talk somewhere else (They go out).
Story-teller: A few days later the King’s messengers set out with the invitations to the ball.
Messenger (handing Cinderella the invitation): Give this to your mistress! (Goes away).
Step-mother (coming in): Give it to me. It’s the invitation to the ball. Daughters. (they run to her) Look! The invitation to the ball!
Sisters (together): Open it, mother! Read it, mother, quickly!
Step-mother (opening invitation and reading): “The King invites you to a ball, where his sin, the Prince, will choose a lady to be his wife”.
The first sister: “…will choose a lady to be his wife!” Oh, mother, will he choose me?